Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation
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Ecological Society America
Urban Ecology Symposiuum
Abstract coming soon
About me
I am a 5th year Ph.D. Candidate in the Kartzinel Lab at Brown University studying host-microbiome interactions of small mammals in Kenya.
We live in a microbial world! Although individuals are constantly bombarded by microbes, an individual's microbiome is almost always distinct from the surrounding pool of microbes. I am interested in how host filtering processes result in producing the individualized microbiome, and how that results in microbiome patterns across evolutionary scales.
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I recently revamped my website so stay tuned!
Past
Massachusetts Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation "MassPARC"
12/11/2019
It was a fun day learning about various herp projects throughout New England.
We got the cover of PNAS
November 19, 2019
Kartzinel TR, Hsing J, Musili PM, Brown BRP†, Pringle RM. 2019. Covariation of diet and gut microbiome in African megafauna. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1905666116.​ [Open Access] Press: Brown University , Princeton
Diamondback Terrapin Working Group Conference
10/11-10/13/2019
Undergrad mentee presented work at the Diamondback Terrapin Working Group conference. Work is in collaboration with Wetlands Institute. Won 2nd place for poster presentation: Comparison of methods for surveying diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) populations in tidal creeks.
Spent the day at the Barrington Land Trust
06/2019
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10/4-10/4/2019
WiSTEM Symposium hopes to mitigate Gender-related inequities in STEM
Evolution Conference
6/21-6/25/2019
I rocked my first Evolution talk! Evolution meetings will always have a special place in my heart. It was the first large science meeting I attended as an undergrad, and Evolution 2019 was my third time attending. Through the process of poster making for Evol 2013 and 2016 and talk preparation for Evol 2019, I have been able to track my growth as a scientist and an individual. Hopefully, I can attend future meetings!
Gordon Conference
6/16-6/21/2019
Gordon Conference Animal-Microbe Symbioses. Don't hesitate if you have any questions about my poster. Also, shout out to Sophia-- a student at Rhode Island of Design for rodent paintings.
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Attended the Animal Movement Conference at Yale University
5/13/2019
This was a lab trip.
Jupyter/Binder hackathon at UC Davis
5/7-5/2019
Attended the Speeding up Science" Jupyter/Binder hackathon at UC Davis. Funding provided by the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation.
DADA2 Lab Meeting
1/29/2019
I hosted lab meeting coding session on DADA2 metabarcode analysis pipeline link
Guest Lecture at the Rhode Island School of Design
11/12/2018
Passed qualifying examination
10/01/2018
Quals almost kicked my butt. With the support of my committee, I got through it.
